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Robot runners beat humans in Beijing half-marathon (www.dw.com)
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Shandian completed the 21-kilometer (around 13-mile) course in Beijing's Yizhuang district with a time of 50:26, while Lightning achieved a time of 48:19.

Both times were faster than the human record for the distance set by Uganda's Jacob Kiplimo, who ran a time of 57:20 at the Lisbon Half Marathon in March.

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[–] Suck_on_my_Presence@lemmy.world 9 points 21 hours ago (1 children)

I mean the robot is cool, but the human runner beat the world record by 7 minutes??? That is insane!

[–] CoopaLoopa@lemmy.dbzer0.com 14 points 19 hours ago (1 children)

Shandian and Lightning are both robots. One was autonomous and one was remote controlled.

The article doesn't mention anything about the times run by humans.

[–] Suck_on_my_Presence@lemmy.world 3 points 15 hours ago

Whoops! My reading comprehension is garbage lately